One Image of Japan’s Royals Tells a Story of Demographic Crisis

By MOTOKO RICH, HISAKO UENO and MAKIKO INOUE from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2DGToB8
via IFTTT One Image of Japan’s Royals Tells a Story of Demographic Crisis MOTOKO RICH, HISAKO UENO and MAKIKO INOUE Emperor Naruhito’s ascension ceremony offered striking visual evidence of the imperial family’s looming existential crisis: It has precious few heirs left. https://nyti.ms/2DGToB8 http://bit.ly/2Lcl8nw World The New York Times May 1, 2019 at 07:00AM